E. 325 Lieve Hendren on Finding More Joy, Flow and Focus at Work.

Written By Pia Silva
E. 325 Lieve Hendren on Finding More Joy, Flow, and Focus at Work

Early in her career, Lieve Hendren spent her days working with consulting executives in high-pressure environments and her nights performing as an opera singer. She began using the performance psychology techniques she learned onstage to help herself and her teams handle stressful meetings, improve their work, and perform at a higher level.

But that constant pressure eventually took a toll on her health. Her search for a more sustainable way to perform became the foundation for her book, The Joyful Flow Formula: Quickly Access Brain States for Peak Performance and Eliminate Needless Work Stress.

In this conversation, Lieve shares practical ways to access flow, from visualizing a meeting before you walk into the room to intentionally creating more joy in tasks you’ve been avoiding. We also talk about leading clients through stressful situations, regulating your own energy, and why a calm, confident leader can completely change the tone of a difficult conversation.

We also get into doom scrolling, procrastination, and how to make challenging work feel more rewarding. Lieve even coaches me through my ongoing struggle with answering the important emails sitting in my red-star folder.

Lieve is a high-performance and workflow coach who helps professionals reduce stress and access creative flow. She has worked with more than 340 leaders and organizations, helped scale a startup from two to 28 employees before its acquisition, and is studying the neuroscience of mental health at King’s College London.

Lieve’s work is an important reminder that doing your best work does not have to mean pushing harder or working longer. When you learn how to manage your attention, energy, and environment, you can create better work while experiencing more joy in the process.

Find this episode for free on your favorite podcast player.

Tune into this episode to hear:

  • How Lieve brought performance psychology techniques from the opera stage into high-pressure consulting environments

  • Why visualizing a meeting in advance can help you show up calmer and more prepared

  • How regulating your own energy can change the tone of a difficult client conversation

  • Why joy, playfulness, and curiosity are powerful triggers for creative flow

  • Simple ways to make the tasks you’ve been avoiding feel more rewarding

  • How Pia uses Brick to reduce mindless scrolling and stay focused

  • Why recovery time is essential after high-energy coaching, presenting, or creative work

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